The Miami Hurricanes, who have endured massive offensive struggles during their three-game losing streak, are hoping one of their top offensive playmakers will be able to play at Georgia Tech.

Running back Travis Homer did not practice Tuesday, and was instead, seen on a conditioning bike with members of Miami’s athletic training staff during the media viewing portion of Tuesday’s practice. He appeared to be limping after getting off the bike and was wearing an elasticized brace on his left leg.

Miami coach Mark Richt later said Homer, a former Oxbridge Academy standout, is dealing with a strained calf. Richt, however, said, “we think he’ll be good” for Saturday’s game against the Yellow Jackets.

Homer, a junior, is coming off his best performance of the season in Miami’s 20-12 loss to Duke on Saturday. He had a season-high 133 yards and scored his second touchdown. It was his third 100-yard game of the year.

In Miami’s first nine games, Homer has rushed for a team-high 702 yards and has two touchdowns. He is averaging 5.2 yards per rush.

When Homer may have been injured is unclear. Though he was spotted limping at one point Saturday, the running back was in on Miami’s final series against the Blue Devils and spoke to reporters immediately after the game.

With Homer out Tuesday, sophomore DeeJay Dallas was seen taking snaps with the No. 1 offense, with freshman Cam Davis behind him and redshirt senior Trayone Gray at the No. 3 spot.

The Hurricanes running backs corps is already without freshman Lorenzo Lingard, who had knee surgery last month.

Quarterback carousel continues

This weekend, Richt declined to name which of his quarterbacks would start Saturday at Georgia Tech.

Miami has alternated between redshirt senior Malik Rosier and redshirt freshman N’Kosi Perry throughout the season and on Tuesday, at least early on, it was Rosier that was taking snaps with the No. 1 offense, while Perry worked at the No. 2 spot. Redshirt freshman Cade Weldon, who is now eligible to play after completing his four-game suspension, was taking reps with the No. 3 offense and freshman Jarren Williams was at the No. 4 spot.

On Sunday, Richt noted he wants to see which of his quarterbacks — and players across the board, actually — perform well enough in practice to earn the right to play.

“I see both of them battling. I see both of them wanting to prove that they should be the starter, which is what I was hoping and expecting to see,” Richt said Tuesday of Rosier and Perry. “Even in between plays, they’re doing a good job of trying to get everybody to keep the tempo going, just trying to be a guy who’s a catalyst, quite frankly, and then when the ball’s snapped, make a good decision and make good throws. It’s very difficult to judge how throws are going to be made in the game because no matter how hard you try, when you go against the scout team, it’s just very difficult to simulate reality as far as the coverages themselves or even the technique or the ability of who you’re playing against. …

“Everything’s being judged off of things that are happening vs. the scout team, so it’s hard to get a really perfect picture, but you can learn a lot obviously, by just their body language and how they’re leading and how they’re taking care of their business, how they’re getting their assignments right – all of those things.”

Will Mallory back to work

Tight end Will Mallory, who missed practice last week and did not play Saturday while dealing with an eye infection, was seen practicing during the early media viewing portion of practice.

Without him last week, the Hurricanes had just one healthy scholarship tight end available — freshman Brevin Jordan.